Storage Engineer (2-5 Years)

Storage Engineer

• [Hybrid] Provision, configure, and maintain enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS/object) and related components (controllers, shelves, HBAs, switches).
• [Remote] Manage storage capacity planning and forecasting, track utilization, growth trends, and performance baselines.
• [Remote] Implement and administer storage services such as RAID, tiering, snapshots, replication, deduplication/compression, and storage virtualization (as applicable).
• [Remote] Monitor storage health and performance; tune configurations and remediate bottlenecks affecting host I/O.
• [Hybrid] Administer storage connectivity and fabric services (FC/iSCSI): zoning, LUN masking/mapping, multipathing validation, and host integration.
• [Hybrid] Plan and execute storage migrations, technology refreshes, and expansions with minimal downtime; develop and follow cutover/runbook procedures.
• [Remote] Support incident and problem management for storage-related outages and degradations; perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• [Remote] Apply firmware and software updates/patches; manage lifecycle and vendor support cases (RMA, diagnostics, escalation).
• [On-site] Perform storage hardware break/fix activities (e.g., hard drive replacements) and coordinate RMAs/field service as needed; validate rebuild/health post-replacement.
• [Remote] Define and enforce storage security controls (access controls, encryption at rest/in flight where supported, audit logging) and align to compliance requirements.
• [Remote] Maintain documentation: architecture diagrams, configurations, standard operating procedures, and inventory/CMDB updates.
• [Remote] Collaborate with server, virtualization, network, and application teams to define storage requirements and service levels (performance, availability).
• [Remote] Develop and maintain storage automation/scripts and standardized templates to improve provisioning speed and consistency.